DCHP-3

Cariboo country

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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an extensive region in south-central British Columbia, originally that region between the junction of the Quesnel and Fraser Rivers and the Cariboo Mountains, but later, especially in popular usage, a much larger region, extending from Lillooet almost to Prince George.

See: Cariboo(def. 1)

Quotations

1860
The news from the Cariboo Country is very encouraging.
1963
. . . this plateau does have a general level, rolling away east to the Cariboo country and westward to lap the feet of the mountains.